TAKEN" IN HERTFORDSHIRE IN 1903. 
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a day less than usual, only in this season of the year showing any 
correspondence with the amount of cloud at this hour. The rainfall 
was very heavy, and there were many wet days. The prevailing 
direction of the wind was south-westerly. 
Table III.— Means of Climatological Observations (with Extremes 
of Temperature') talen at Bennington , Berlchamsted, St. Albans , 
and New Barnet , during the Year 1903. 
Months 
Temperature of the Air 
Humidity 
Cloud, 0-10 
Rain 
Means 
Extremes 
Amount 
Days 
Mean 
Min. 
Max. 
Range 
Min. 
Max. 
O 
0 
0 
O 
O 
O 
% 
ins. 
Jan. 
39'2 
34 '2 
44 *i 
9*9 
18-5 
54‘9 
90 
6-7 
2’43 
18 
Feb. 
44 ’o 
37 -S 
50-3 
I 2’5 
19 0 
59‘8 
86 
7-8 
•99 
12 
March . 
44‘4 
367 
52 '2 
: 5'5 
2I"0 
67-8 
82 
6-8 
3-25 
19 
April . 
43‘3 
35 -o 
51-5 
16-5 
21*5 
62-8 
7 6 
6*6 
1 -72 
14 
May. 
52-3 
42-7 
61 *8 
19-1 
26-5 
81 -5 
76 | 
6-5 
2’I7 
14 
June. 
547 
457 
637 
i8’o 
31-8 
86-i 
73 i 
6-5 
578 
10 
J uly. 
60-4 
51-5 
69-3 
17-8 
36*9 
87-8 
72 
6-9 
3'99 
14 
August. 
58-5 
497 
67-2 
177 
37-8 
78-2 
76 
6-8 
3 97 
19 
Sept. 
56’2 
47'5 
65 - o 
177 
32-8 
83-9 
83 
6-5 
2-72 
15 
Oct. 
51*3 
45 '2 
573 
12 ■ 1 
3 1 ’° 
67 8 
87 
7'3 
6-49 
28 
Eov. 
43 
37'9 
49’3 
11 ’4 
24 '2 
58 -o 
89 | 
8-o 
2-05 
17 
Dec. 
371 
33 '° 
41-2 
8-2 
20 'O 
52-0 
92 
8 '4 
2-13 
15 
Year .... 
48-8 
41-4 
56-1 
147 
i 8'5 
87-8 
82 
7 " 
37 69 
195 
January. —A. very warm month, with an atmosphere of average 
humidity, a bright sky, and a rainfall only slightly exceeding the 
average, hut on a large number of days. Both days and nights 
were warm. The only cold period was from the 11th to the 18th, 
these eight days having a mean temperature about 9° below that 
of the month (Berkhamsted mean 30 o, 0, St. Albans 30 o, 6). The 
minimum temperature was below 32° on ten days at both Berk¬ 
hamsted and St. Albans. The duration of sunshine was a little 
shorter than usual. The prevailing direction of the wind was S. W. 
There was a “glazed frost” on the night of the 17th-18th, the 
ground being covered with a thin sheet of ice in the morning. 
February.— Exceptionally warm, the mean temperature being 
6°*3 above the average, with an atmosphere of average humidity, 
a cloudy sky, and a small rainfall. Both days and nights were 
warm. The minimum temperature was below 32° on only four 
days at Berkhamsted and three at St. Albans.- The duration of 
sunshine was a little below the average. The prevailing direction 
of the wind was south-westerly with a slight westerly tendency. 
March.— Another very warm month, but with the temperature 
only about half as much above the average as that of February, 
with an atmosphere of average humidity, a sky of average bright¬ 
ness, and nearly double the average rainfall on a large number of 
